School of Marine Sciences Semeniar Series, Fall 2008
Except as noted with ‘**’, all seminars are presented in Room 354, Aubert Hall
at 11:10 am on Fridays. Seminars can be viewed live at the DMC via Polcom in the Horse Barn Classroom.
September 5
A New Way to Study Carbon Flux in the Ocean: Early Results From Autonomous Studies of the 2008 North Atlantic Spring Bloom.
Dr. MaryJane Perry,
Professor, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine,
September 12
A History of Oyster Aquaculture, 1878-1917: Scientists’ Role in Progressive Era Conservation.
Dr. Sam Hanes,
Rutgers University
September 19
The Importance of Submarine Canyons for the Transfer of Labile Organic Carbon to the Deep Sea.
Dr. Laurenz Thomsen,
Professor of Geosciences, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
September 26
The Fathead Minnow as a Model for the Action of Estrogens and Androgens in the Environment.
Dr. Nancy Denslow,
Professor, University of Florida
October 3
TBA
October 10
Effects of Prebiotics on Growth Performance, Nutrient Utilization and the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbial Community of Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone Chrysops x M. Saxatilis) and Red Drum (Sciaenops Ocellatus).
Dr. Gary Burr,
Research Geneticist, National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center, USDA, Franklin, ME, “
October 17
Impacts of Legacy and Emerging Contaminants on Coastal Aquatic Ecosystems.
**Dr. Keith Cooper, Professor of Toxicology, Rutgers University
October 24
Dr. Mark Fast, Professor of Marine Disease & Pathology Research SUNY Stony Brook
October 31
Can Foodweb/Ecotype Considerations Help to Explain the State of Cod in the Northwest Atlantic?
Dr. Graham Sherwood,
Research Scientist in Demersal Ecology, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
November 7
When do Marine Reserves Increase Fishery Yields?
Dr. Dvora Hart,
Operational Research Analyst, NOAA Fisheries
November 14
Communicating Science to the Rest of the World: Lessons From the Field.
Dr. Catherine Schmitt,
Communications Coordinator, UMaine Sea Grant
November 21
Sex in the Sea: Is Fertilization in Sea Urchins Limited by Sperm Availability?
Dr. Phil Yund, Director,
University of New England Marine Science Education and Research Center
November 28
Thanksgiving break, no seminar
December 5
What Causes the Interannual Variability in Surface CO2 dynamics in the Western Gulf of Maine?
Dr. Joe Salisbury, Research Assistant Professor Ocean Process Analysis Lab, UNH, “
December 12
Science Based Conservation: Moving Ships in Atlantic Canadian Waters to Protect Right Whales.
Dr. Moira Brown,
Aquarium Scientist, New England Aquarium
** Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, Room 165 (Formally Barrows Hall) at 11:15 am
